Since 2012 it had been getting progressively easier to obtain a mortgage — that is, until the first quarter of 2015. According to Zillow’s Mortgage Access Index, access to mortgage credit tightened in the quarter reaching a score of 65 — nearly unchanged from a year ago.

Real estate agents looking to turn renters into buyers might want to focus on a specific sub-set of renters: those renting single-family homes. Households or individuals renting single-family properties — homes, condominiums and townhomes — are more likely to buy than those in apartments, according to research from Freddie Mac

Rising housing costs is the top concern for human resource executives at global companies. Spanning the past year, spikes in multifamily rents and slight rises in single-family home values have contributed most to an overall increase in employee relocation costs.